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Gingerbread mom and the angel
Posted on: December 21, 2012
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So maybe this isn’t the most reverent representation of the manger scene, but I was limited on time this morning. I wanted Miss G to have the manger scene for her lunch…the reason for the season. Baby Jesus is made from Stretch Island fruit leather on a bed of cashews. The angel is Justin’s Almond Butter on Rudi’s Organic brand Whole Grain bread. The star is a dried apricot and next to the angel are a Christmas tree pick of grape tomatoes. At the top left are organic blueberries with a gift food pick and in the top right compartment of her Easy Lunchboxes container are organic raspberries.
And above is the elusive mom lunch. I say this because I rarely get lunch. I’m lucky if I have a protein bar or smoothie while on the run. Today I am driving down to Miss G’s school to have lunch with her so I packed myself a cute lunch too. I’m having a gingerbread girl on Rudi’s Organic whole grain bread with almond butter & blackberry jam. I stuck some raisin buttons on with almond butter. She has cinnamon candy eyes and a fruit leather mouth. I used a Hello Kitty bow for her hair pick. She is surrounded by grape tomatoes on Christmas tree picks. In the top left compartment are pineapple chunks with a candy cane food pick and the top right has organic blueberries and raspberries. Merry Christmas to you all!
I will be taking a break to spend time with my family while the kids are out of school. Hoping everyone has some time to relax and appreciate all the little things in life. I look forward to hearing from you in the new year!
Much Love, Sarah
Christmas trees and snowmen
Posted on: December 19, 2012
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Miss G (4) has an Easy Lunchboxes container full of goodies today. Her entree is separate. We are loving the mini Crimson Gold organic apples this year. They’re a bit tart and quite crunchy. Best of all they are preschooler sized and fit into any lunchbox. Nothing goes to waste since even a 2 year old can finish one of these. I made gingerbread men and Christmas tree pumpkin muffins this week. In the top is a Christmas tree pumpkin muffin I made in a smaller silicone muffin tray. The gingerbread men came out without limbs (can’t say I recommend the silicone mold on those). They were all delicious but not too pretty for pictures. In the bottom compartment are a peeled clementine orange, grape tomatoes with a candy cane food pick, mini carrots and a mixture of cashews, almonds and pistachios for munching.
This LunchBots Insulated stainless container is filled with homemade vegan chili for Miss G’s main dish for lunch today. The recipe for the chili can be found here and modified depending on how you like it. Vegan Chili Recipe I fill the container with boiling water and let it sit for about 10 minutes with the lid on. I heat the chili during that time, dump the water after 10 minutes and fill the container with chili. She says it’s still warm at lunchtime 5 hours after packing it. The best part about these containers is the wide mouth opening. She can eat out of it just like a bowl without fumbling to get to the bottom or dumping things over.
My 2 year old daughter took a LunchBots Quad for lunch today. From the top left she has a dairy free pumpkin muffin in a Christmas tree shape, a peeled clementine with snowman ring, small mini snowmen sandwiches on Rudi’s organic whole wheat bread made with a small pastry cookie cutter stamp, and pineapple pieces. Both girls always have ice water with their lunches.
Happy lunch packing!
Santa with FunBites
Posted on: December 17, 2012
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A while back I put this Santa in the chimney lunch together for FunBites. I used their CubeIt cutter and some Rudi’s Organic Whole Grain bread to make the mini sandwiches. I used the crust bread scrap for the top of the chimney and some remaining bread for his face. His eyes and nose are made with Stretch Island brand fruit leather. I used some agave nectar and sprinkled some unsweetened coconut on his face for the beard. His hat is a strawberry half and the top of his hat is a tiny piece of a vegan (dairy free) marshmallow. Above the mini sandwiches are a cup of honeydew melon trees with a Santa cupcake pick and in the top right cup are strawberry stars with a candy cane food pick.
Ho Ho Holiday Hop
Posted on: December 6, 2012
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Happy Holidays! This is week one of the Bento Bloggers & Friends festive holiday hop. Please be sure to click on the button at the end of the post to see the next fun lunches. Packed in her Easy Lunchboxes container are some ornament sandwiches on Rudi’s Organic Whole Grain bread. She has 2 Christmas tree picks of blueberries in between and tomatoes around the sandwiches. In the top left are ornament shaped honeydew melon pieces with a Christmas light pick and in the top right are organic raspberries.
In her Happy Tiffin stainless bento are a candy cane apple cutout surrounded by purple sweet potato chips and whole cashews in the round container at the bottom.
Little sis has the mini version of ornaments on Rudi’s Whole Grain bread. She also has purple sweet potato chips, honeydew pieces with a candy cane apple on top and berries with a honeydew ornament on top.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE BUTTON BELOW TO SEE WHAT KANDICE AT WE AREN’T SCARED OF SUGAR MADE FOR HER LITTLE ONE!
Candy Canes
Posted on: December 19, 2011
So the kids are out of school for the next couple of weeks which means lunches at home. Today Miss G requested candy canes so I threw together a simple version for her. She had a ham sandwich on whole grain bread. I used small apple slices to make the stripes on the candy cane. Next to it is a BabyBel cheese with a Christmas tree cut out of it. Above the sandwich on the right is another apple shaped like a candy cane with stripes cut out of it and to the left are raspberries.
Ornaments and things that go
Posted on: December 9, 2011
I’m killing 2 birds with 1 stone today. It’s been a frantic holiday week around the house so I neglected to post until today. Today Miss G got a couple of peanut butter and honey sandwiches shaped like Christmas ornaments. I put a stripe of honey on each and used colored sprinkles on the front. She also got a watermelon chunk shaped like a candy cane and a circle of blueberries on a cute vintage looking Mickey & friends plate I found at Target.
Earlier in the week I packed a transportation themed lunch for Miss G. She got a car, bus and airplane soybutter & jelly sandwiches, 3 dried apricots on top, carrots and small pics of grapes and blueberries.
Wishing everyone a relaxing weekend!
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